When Adeola Frederick got a call from Penrose Elementary School, she was concerned something may have happened to her son, Tosin. But the school wanted Frederick to know her family was gifted a Thanksgiving dinner with all the fixings, something she was struggling to put together.
"I didn't expect this. I was surprised. I'm still surprised," she said.
Seventh grader Alieu Jabath volunteered his recess to pack bags with food and hand out turkeys.
"Having Thanksgiving at home just wouldn't feel right if other people like my friends are starving and not enjoying Thanksgiving," Jabath said.
William Ingram's company, Platinum Productions, was responsible for the more than 200 turkey dinners given to families who needed them.
He says being able to survive and thrive in his industry for the last decade, he couldn't think of a better way to pay it forward than to lend a helping hand to those who need it most.
"There's a lot of disjointed families and everything else. This is one of our missions, to come back and give back to the communities that we grew up in," he explained.
Carol Casciato, principal of the school, says this out-of-the-classroom lesson is going a long way to teach all of their students how to be good citizens.
"I love the sense of community. I like that everyone is contributing, we're helping one another," Casciato said.